What you need to know In England, 1 in 4 adults,1 and almost 1 in 4 children by the time they are 11 years old,2 are living with obesity (based on body mass index (BMI) measurements and classification ...

We included details of scopes for topic suites, added additional details on NICE's updated approach to considering health inequalities, information on consultation time of scopes was changed to 2 to 4 ...

NICE has published new draft recommendations to guide clinicians on the safe prescribing of medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms. The guideline focuses on benzodiazepines, ...

The current NICE guideline, first issued in 2018, advised that most common ear infections should not be treated with antibiotics, as most children and young people improve without them within 3 days ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is a body which reviews latest evidence based on clinical trials, in order to provide robust guidelines and recommendations which will help ...

A new editorial study on Gout, Urate, and Crystal Deposition Disease discusses the 2022 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for the management of gout. Study: Crystal ...

New draft guidelines from NICE to reduce the number of falls in those at risk could be challenging to implement because of a lack of resources, GPs have warned. The updated guidance now out for ...

Thousands of men in the UK face unnecessary prostate cancer treatments. Current guidelines lag behind research. A study shows active monitoring is as effective as surgery or radiotherapy. Many men ...

As NICE consults on draft guidance to offer statins to millions more adults in England, Emma Wilkinson considers the implications for GPs Up to 15 million more people could be eligible for statins to ...

This chapter describes how guidelines link to other NICE guidance in the topic area and to guidance from other developers. When a guideline topic covers guidance on health technologies that is ...